Aussie cricket has new line-up to take on English

AUSTRALIA will have a new-look line-up when it attempts to wrap up the ODI series against England at Old Trafford tonight.

But the old tensions between the teams will be the same after debate raged on about the dismissal of England all-rounder Ben Stokes for obstructing the field in the second game at Lord's.

Stokes was given out after Mitchell Starc's attempted run-out hit the palm of his glove, England captain Eoin Morgan arguing his batting partner had acted instinctively to save himself from injury.

But former Australian one-day captain George Bailey added fuel to the fire by questioning Morgan's insistence that he would have withdrawn the appeal.

Bailey, who led Australia in 28 Twenty20 internationals and 29 ODIs before losing his place in the team ahead of this year's World Cup, also poked fun at Morgan for taking the moral high ground, questioning whether he would be so sporting over other contentious dismissals.

"It's a big call for Eoin to say that," Bailey said. "I assume, if that's how he feels, then any time a batter nicks one onto his pad and gets given out lbw, or gets wrongfully given out caught behind, he'll call them back as well."

Bailey also backed new Australian captain Steve Smith and Starc over their stance.

"I think the correct decision was made," Bailey said. "I don't think the ball was going to hit him (Stokes). I think the ball was going to hit the stumps and he was out of his crease. I don't think there was any need for him to put his hand up to defend himself."

While Australia went on to win the game by 64 runs, it lost three players to injury for the rest of the series.